May a man recite Shema while lying next to his wife without a cloth separation, by merely turning his face away?
Synopsis
The Mechaber permits reciting Shema next to one's wife by turning one's face, even without a cloth separation, because a wife is considered like one's own body. A dissenting view requires a cloth separation even with a wife, and the Mechaber rules it is correct to be stringent.
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